Doldrums

 29 March 2022

Dear and gentle reader: I just don't feel like blogging.  Perhaps it's due to the dreary weather.  Perhaps it's due to laziness.  Perhaps it's due to just a handful of readers.

In a world where "big news" is a celebrity slapping another celebrity, methinks that my comments on larger, more important events and ideas are seen as dull and uninteresting.

If that be the case, then perhaps I should cast away my digital pen, and resume the solitude of my life with my books and cats as companions.

As ever, gentle reader, may our Lenten journey lead us to true life and joy.

Father P.

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